| Challenge: | Existing studies have sought to enhance the mathematical reasoning capabilities of large language models. |
| Approach: | They propose a Markov Chain of Thought (MCoT) that compresses previous reasoning steps into a simplified question. |
| Outcome: | The proposed method improves efficiency and maintains comparable accuracy. |
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